Democracy Now! 2014-06-30 Monday

• Headlines for June 30, 2014
• Snowden Asylum in Germany? Support Grows for NSA Whistleblower After Merkel Cancels Verizon Contract
• Al Jazeera News Director: Prison Terms for Journalists in Egypt are Chilling Start to Sisi Era
• Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef Says His Satire Has Inspired Youth to Reject Military Propaganda

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The Justice Department has dropped its criminal prosecution of Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian professor and activist, in a case that followed an initial trial that began in 2003. Watch our 2007 exclusive interview with Al-Arian, who spoke to Democracy Now! from prison while he was on hunger-strike. The Palestinian professor and activist’s case has been one of the most closely watched — and controversial — post-9/11 prosecutions in the United States.

Democracy Now! 2014-06-27 Friday

• Headlines for June 27, 2014
• New York City Approves Municipal ID Cards for Undocumented Immigrants
• Journalist Allan Nairn Threatened for Exposing Indonesian Pres. Candidate's Role in Mass Killings
• "Counter-Revolution of 1776": Was U.S. Independence War a Conservative Revolt in Favor of Slavery?

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Democracy Now! 2014-06-26 Thursday

• Headlines for June 26, 2014
• Supreme Court Says Warrants Needed to Search Cellphones, But are "Stingrays" a Police Workaround?
• Mississippi Burning at 50: Relatives of Civil Rights Workers Look Back at Murders that Shaped an Era
• 50 Years After Freedom Summer, U.S. Faces Greatest Curbs on Voting Rights Since Reconstruction

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Democracy Now! 2014-06-25 Wednesday

• Headlines for June 25, 2014
• #FreeAJStaff: Al Jazeera Reporter Sentenced in Absentia Decries Egypt's Imprisonment of 3 Colleagues
• "Trans Healthcare Now!" Lawsuit Seeks End to Healthcare Discrimination for Transgender New Yorkers
• 50 Years After U.S. Launched Secret War on Laos, Unexploded Bombs Still Killing Civilians

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Democracy Now! 2014-06-24 Tuesday

• Headlines for June 24, 2014
• Should Obama Go to Tehran? How a U.S.-Iran "Grand Bargain" Could Help the Crisis in Iraq
• Can the President Strike an American Anywhere in the World?: Drone Memo Raises Troubling Questions
• Water is a Human Right: Detroit Residents Seek U.N. Intervention as City Shuts Off Taps to Thousands

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Democracy Now! 2014-06-23 Monday

• Headlines for June 23, 2014
• "Journalism in Egypt is a Crime": Global Outcry After 3 Al Jazeera Reporters Sentenced to 7-10 Years
• "Baghdad is a Frightened City": As ISIS Gains Ground, Iraqi Capital Gripped by Fear & Uncertainty
• Pressuring Israel, Presbyterian Church Divests from Firms Tied to Occupation of Palestinian Land

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